Rug Cleaning

With hardwood flooring and laminates becoming more popular so is the use of rugs to soften rooms and add interest as well as focal points.  Also, with more and more people travelling to exotic destinations in the Middle and Far East we have seen a large increase in the Persian and Oriental rugs that our customers require cleaning.

Many every day rugs can and are cleaned on site at our customer's premises (depending on the extent of soiling, the amount of space available and the convenience of doing so).  Most are made with acid based dyes and we therefore know that there is no danger of the colours bleeding into each other.

At Chem-Dry we take great care when cleaning all rugs but expensive hand made ones do require more specialist attention.  These often have unstable vegetable dyes that require us to test them before we commence cleaning.  For this reason in most cases we would remove the rug/s to our secure premises for colour testing, cleaning and drying.

Rug Fringes - to have or have not?  Some people like fringes, some people cut them off, some rugs have false fringes sown on to their backs whilst antique fringes turn brown.  We will advise you on what can be done to your rug fringes enabling you to make an informed choice.  True fringes are the ends of the base frame used to construct your rug and are knotted together at the ends so that the rug doesn’t fall apart.  After the knot has been tied the rest of the material forms the fringe - this material is usually cotton.  Over many years cotton turns brown (known as cellulosic browning).  We can restore this back to its original white colour but it then may lose its antique appeal.  Cotton is also very susceptible to staining and therefore any stains or ingrained dirt may require specialist treatment.

As you can see at Chem-Dry Universal we take pride in looking after your rugs and treating and cleaning them with the respect they deserve.  Rest assured our advice is free and our qualified technicians are only too happy to share this with you.